Box Office USA: Kong and Godzilla easily remain #1

“Godzilla and Kong: A New Empire” It sells great. The shortness of breath that has plagued the MonsterVerse lately seems to be a thing of the past. During its second weekend, the film grossed $31.7 million. After 10 days, he had $135 million in his account. During this period, only “Godzilla” from 2014 has sold better, earning $148.3 million.

Even before the weekend, the show had become the number one show of the year with grosses exceeding $100 million.

2024 films with revenues exceeding $100 million

Unexpectedly, a new product that was not supposed to be on the list at all came in second place. “Monkey man” It was originally planned to be a Netflix production. Thanks to Jordan Peele, Dev Patel's feature debut was bought by Universal for less than $10 million. The investment paid off, because although the film's sales fell short of expectations, it grossed $10.1 million. It received a B+ on CinemaScore, so it should see moderate declines in the coming weeks.

The same cannot be said for Disney (20th Century Studios) productions. “The Omen: The Beginning”. This film had a budget of over $30 million, but estimates give it an opening of only $8.4 million ($4 million less than pre-release projections). When we add in the very typical rating for horror films (C in CinemaScore), it looks like the film will quickly disappear from the top ten.

The third new addition to the top ten is romance “someone like You”. The film was harshly panned by critics, but the few viewers who saw it loved it. In total, the film opened to $3 million.

English comedy starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley “Naughty little letters” A week ago, it premiered in five cinemas, and now it's showing in a thousand. This was enough to move it into last place in the top ten with a total of $1.4 million.

For a moment, we return to the old titles, because “Kung Fu Panda 4” It just surpassed Part II ($165.2 million) with $166.1 million It is already the second highest-grossing installment in the series. The former, which took in $215.4 million, is unlikely to be beaten.

US box office April 5-7

^{* Opening result from the same weekend}

Two big new releases will hit theaters Friday: “Civil war” And “Don't tell mom the babysitter died.”.